Total Fly Fisher - Snowbee Challenge

We’re rewarding you for your special catches. Meet the targets, win the prizes and find fame in the pages of Total FlyFisher!

We know how good it feels to get that special fish in the net. That’s why we’ve teamed up with Snowbee to bring you a fantastic series designed to reward your catches and give you something to remind you of your best fish for years to come.

The TFF Snowbee Challenge sets you six targets. Meet just one target and you’ll be sent a classy enamelled badge to display on your hat or waistcoat. There’s also the chance to win some great Snowbee tackle every month. Even better, the photos and stories behind the most noteworthy captures will be printed.

With categories from Small Water Rainbow to Big Water Brown, Salmon & Sea Trout and everything in between, there’s a target to hit wherever you fish. The ‘Snowbee Challenge Angler Of The Month’ will be picked by us. You don’t have to catch the biggest fish to win; it could be an exceptional specimen for the venue, a first fish, a personal best or an unusual capture.

Richard Roney
SMALL WATER RAINBOW
Richard tells us he was fishing a bloodworm under some bushes at Bankhouse Fishery when he had three small twitches on his indicator. He nearly fell over when he saw the size of the ‘thing’ he then hooked! It put up a cracking fight by the sounds of it – the fish certainly looks fit- and needed the back-up of a larger net to land it. Having quickly weighed the trout, Richard retuned the fish to fight another day.

GEOFF PETHO
BIG WATER RAINBOW
Fishing on reservoirs in the spring is often an exciting and rewarding experience – as Geoff Petho found out for himself.
He used a slow figure-of-eight retrieve and a three-fly cast of two Diawl Bachs and a Hot Head Damsel – a combo that this fine Stocks Reservoir rainbow couldn’t resist!

MICHAEL THWAITES
RIVER TROUT AND GRAYLING
As they say: “The proof of the pudding is in the eating,” which is something Michael Thwaites proved when he caught this fabulous grayling. He targeted a stretch of the River Wear that’s received tireless attention from the local angling club to clean it up and improve the fishing.
He fished a Pheasant Tail Nymph to tempt the grayling, which took him a full five minutes to land.

YVES TURCKSIN
You couldn’t ask for a better birthday present, could you? Yves had a session on Freux Lake for his big day, a lovely looking venue in Belgium’s Ardennes region. He set up with a team of buzzers and managed to tempt this corking rainbow trout with the red one he had on the dropper.

COLIN REEK
It’s a real month of records this month, and here’s another. Colin set a new ‘high’ for Nottinghamshire Trout Fishery when he landed this fantastic-looking rainbow. He fished a home-tied Stick Fly on 6lb leader to get the take. Once landed he had to carry the ‘beast’ to a nearby farm to have it weighed properly – he’s now got it proudly displayed in a glass case!

ZDENEK GLAESNER
If the prospect of fishing a large reservoir daunts you, then try tackling the Baltic Sea! It didn’t put Zdenik Glaesner off, not at all, and he’s obviously a man who knows what he’s doing. Zdenik fished the Baltic from the shore and was duly rewarded with this stunning sea trout. You don’t get fresher than that!

RON RITCHIE
The smile say’s it all! This man is as pleased as punch – and rightly so. Ron Ritchie was having a slow morning when he had a ‘massive’ take from this fit-looking trout. He told us that “this was one acrobatic fish for its size” and it took him 20 minutes to land! Being fairly new to the sport, he was worried that he might lose it, but no, you did it Ron. It was a great effort – we’re proud of you!

ANDREW BARROWMAN
A Sunburst Humungus fished on a floating line, coupled with a fast retrieve, saw Andrew Barrowman hook, and land, a new Haddo Trout Fishery blue trout record. This cracking fish took him 10 minutes to land and he told us that there were a few “hairy” moments when the fish dived under the boat!

Small Water Rainbow

J V Thomas	10lb	Graiglwyd Springs, Bloodworm

Jason Wiliams	10lb 4oz	Brookfield Fishery, Yellow Zonker

Warren Rouse	10lb 8oz	Dever Springs, Olive Damsel

Paul Begbie	11lb	Bangour Trout Fishery, Dawson’s Olive

J Fraser Hollingworth	11lb 7oz	Sambrooke Trout Fishery, Orange Leech

Ian Watson	12lb 2oz	Dever Springs, Damsel

David Mordue	13lb	Stonebridge Fishing Lakes, Bloodworm

Jackie Hay	13lb 6oz	Markle Fishery, Black Zonker

Collette Gilkes	13lb 8oz	Lechlade Trout Fishery, Hot Head Black Taddy

Gordon Swain	14lb 12oz	West House Trout Fishery, Dawson’s Olive

Tony Fountain	16lb 8oz	Dever Springs, Black Nymph

Bill McCallum	7lb 12oz	Bangour Trout Fishery, Orange Blob

Douglas Daykin	7lb 4oz	Bangour Trout Fishery, Damsel

Tony Pryde	7lb 8oz	Bangour Trout Fishery, White Woolly Bugger

John Marshall	8lb	Bangour Trout Fishery, Cormorant

George Jackson	8lb 14oz	Packington Lakes, Damsel

Kenny Dickens	8lb 14oz	Regal Fishery, Yellow Dancer

Charlotte Chiswick	9lb 13oz	Packington Lakes, Olive Fritz

Julian Brown	9lb 5oz	Lechlade Trout Fishery, Dawson’s Olive

Bruce Wallace	9lb (blue)	Bangour Trout Fishery, Black Fritz

Johnathan Barnes	8lb 8oz	Heathcote Lakes, Goldhead Damsel

Peter Elliot	12lb 11oz	Packington Lakes, Damsel

Henry Freeman	14lb	Stonebridge Fishing Lakes, Fluff Cat

Keith Campbell	7lb 12oz	Bangour Trout Fishery, Yellow Dancer

Alan Brownlee	10lb 1oz	Bangour Trout Fishery, Goldhead Snatcher

Bert Rowlee	8lb	Bangour Trout Fishery Hot, Head Damsel

David Mcrae	8lb	Bangour Trout Fishery, Silver Headed Damsel

Thomas Lindsay	11lb 4oz	Bangour Trout Fishery, Bloodworm

Thomas McAlpine	7lb 8oz	Bangour Trout Fishery, Sparkler

Big Water Rainbow

Yves Turcksin	10lb	Lake Freux, Red Buzzer

Jim Doyle	9lb 8oz	Rescobie Loch, Black And Green Fritz

Geoff Petho	13lb 14oz	Stocks Reservoir, Hot Head Damsel

Neil Deakin	5lb 8oz	Toft Newton Trout Fishery, Cat’s Whisker

Small Water Brown

Colin McGlone	6lb 8oz	Bangour Trout Fishery, Black UV Buzzer

Gordon Burt	6lb 8oz	Bangour Trout Fishery, Yellow Dancer

Ben Pocock	5lb 2oz	Hazel Copse Fishery, Woolly Bugger

Jim Maynard	5lb	Heathcote Trout fishery, Gold Humungus

Big Water Brown

Hugh Williams	11lb 8oz	Eglwys Nunydd, Booby

Mark James	4lb 5oz	Eglwys Nunydd,Tadpole

River Brown

David Thomas	3lb 10oz brown trout	River Tawe, Gold Head Hare’s Ear

Michael Thwaites	1lb 10oz grayling	River Wear, Pheasant Tail Nymph

Salmon Sea Trout

Zdenek Glaesner	5lb sea trout	Baltic Sea, Pink Shrimp

Fraser Thomas	10lb salmon	River Devon, Willie Gunn

Jack Bracken	4lb 2oz sea trout	River Devon, Dunkeld

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Competition Rules

Each entry must be sent using the form on this page (Or a form from TFF) and include a photograph of the catch, preferably of the angler holding the fish. Entries sent in with no photograph will be deemed null and void.
Photograph MUST be 2 megapixels minimum in size, and saved in the jpg format (File extensions can be .jpg or .jpeg). Larger the image, the better for magazine printing. No phone pictures.
Each entry form must include the name and contact details of an independent witness.
Each badge can be awarded only once to any one person – there are 6 to aim for.
You must send in the form within two months of the capture of the fish.
Badge awards are subject to entries being approved by the TFF team. The editor's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
DHP takes no responsibility for lost or mislaid photographs.

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